Title:
Lockdown didn't work in South Africa: why it shouldn't happen again
Authors:
Benjamin T H Smart, University of Johannesburg
Ale broadbent, University of Johannesburg
Herkulaas MvE Combrink, University of the Free State
Published:
The Conversation, 15 October 2020
From the article:
At the start of October, the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Chinese government lauded South Africa’s response to the global COVID-19 pandemic. Yet data concerning both the spread of the virus and the indirect consequences of the lockdown suggest that the severe restrictions imposed in South Africa – some of the strictest in the world – were far from effective.
We recently reviewed the evidence for the effectiveness of the lockdown at slowing the spread of the pandemic.